Coach Cal

28. March 2011 | 01:20

Coach Cal’s mentor has special connection to team

Howard Garfinkel discovered John Calipari through a basketball camp in 1966. (News Source: WKYT Lexington - 23:26:29)

Cal men win NCAA swimming championship

Cal held off defending champion Texas 493-470 1/2 to win its first men’s NCAA swimming championship in 31 years Saturday night, buoyed by several hundred Cal fans who traveled to Minneapolis to watch, including many… (News Source: San Francisco Chronicle - 07:38:16)

John Calipari: Like Him or Not, Attention Serves Him Well

Kentucky Wildcats coach John Calipari is the star of the NCAA East Regional this weekend in Newark. His team will play the Ohio State Buckeyes tonight in the second half of the doubleheader. And while they might be the tourney’s #1 overall seed, there’s no one that comes close to Coach Cal’s star power. Talk about Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger, Kentucky’s Brandon Knight, and North Carolina’s … (News Source: Bleacher Report - 01:12:09)

Small college notebook: Softball coach Barbara Pierce has Cal State East Bay on positive track

Cal State East Bay softball coach Barbara Pierce believes in the credo: You get what you expect.”We stress that you earn your wins in practice, and this group has stepped up and done the work,” Pierce said of her team via e-mail. (News Source: Contra Costa Times - 02:37:33)

Jerry Tipton: Some dispute Cal’s claims that everyone wants to be UK

With a provocative statement on his radio call-in show last week, Coach John Calipari hit on the ethos of Kentucky basketball. (News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader - 07:56:41)

Expectations sky high for Miami Hurricanes’ Seantrel Henderson

University of Miami coach Al Golden seems enamored of his big man - even if there’s less of him these days to love. (News Source: Miami Herald - 05:37:52)

Notes: Lamb says he wants to come back, sort of

NEWARK, N.J. - With Ohio State All-American Jared Sullinger saying after Friday’s game against Kentucky that he would return to college next season, reporters asked UK freshmen about their plans. (News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader - 07:56:57)

Golden Bears hook ‘em, and reel in a national title

California endured a late Longhorn charge, turning back defending champion Texas. (News Source: Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 04:14:49)

UTEP football: Veteran coach will lead Miner safeties

Mike Price spent 17 years wanting defensive backs coach Al Simmons on one of his football staffs.After Adam Gonzaga’s departure as UTEP’s safeties coach in February became official, Price decided he could wait another month. (News Source: El Paso Times - 06:36:57)

Cal State Bakersfield

U.S. Collegiate National… COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State softball team will be without some of its top returning talent for the remainder of the 2011 season, head coach Linda Kalafatis announced Friday. (News Source: Ohio State Buckeyes - 18:22:32)

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